Clean, Modern Expedit TV Stand

Alright, so after using a microwave cart for months, the hunt was on for a quality TV stand. There were none at IKEA that fit the theme of my family room. So I after getting inspired by this. I decided to devote my Sunday to making my own.

Red Diagonal lined pieces were cut and discarded. Width was too wide. Height was too high. and middle piece had to fit into new height.

Green Diagonal lined pieces were not used from package.

Solid Teal Rectangle was used horizontally and stabilized by vertical (recently cut) Solid Blue Rectangle and Vertical Purple Square. Due to placement, I had to drill new holes into left side of frame and the right side of the vertical Solid Blue Rectangle.

After Teal, Blue and Purple were set. I added in the Horizontal Yellow Square. Then went on to adding on right side frame. and then bottom frame.

Once all pieced together, I drilled in some corner braces, for extra support. Definitely necessary since the frame is mostly stuffed cardboard. (See below)

Once skeleton of TV stand was complete. I followed the instructions for the cabinet doors and drawers. These were perfect add-ons because they covered up existing holes in frame that were not used, and some scratches from saw. Whoops!

and now you’re done! New TV stand. Cabinets are great for blankets. Bottom right spot is a nice little space for DVDs (Mostly for display… Too many good streaming services hooked up to my TV!) and the drawers are perfect for extra AV wires.

This project involves very precise measuring, a LOT of patience/time, and would help to have a partner! (I did this alone, and it slowed down the process.)

That is a neat solution. I am very impressed, especially dealing with the honeycomb stuff.
Unrelated to your project, I saw the sofa in the background, and wondered what model it was. I am looking for something like that: simple and low. Both partner and I have short legs compared to torso, which makes finding a suitable sofa very difficult.

Explore Archives

COPYRIGHT @ 2017 - 2018 IKEAHACKERS.NET | IKEA is a registered trademark of Inter-IKEA Systems B.V. | IKEAhackers is a fan-run website and is NOT related to IKEA, IKEA.com or the IKEA Group. Any and all links to IKEA.com are presented for reader convenience only and do not imply IKEA's approval of this website and/or the modification of its products. IKEA and IKEAhackers.net are not liable for any product failure, injury or damage resulting from the application of hacks featured on this site.